Protesters gathered at Porter Park Saturday in opposition to President Donald Trump's actions, which many see as an overreach of executive power.

According to articles by Reason and the No Kings movement website, the No Kings movement is part of over 1,800 protests across the U.S. on Saturday. It seeks to counter an overextension of presidential power.

According to the No Kings website, "On June 14—Flag Day—President Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else."

Comments and signs from the Porter Park protesters focused on the recent ICE deportations and general overreach.

"There's ​this ​push ​in ​political ​culture ​that ​makes ​you ​feel ​like, ​because ​you ​accept ​one ​party, ​you ​have ​to ​accept ​everything, ​the ​good ​and ​the ​bad, and ​that's ​just ​not ​how ​political ​parties ​were ​meant ​to ​operate," Michael Carruth, one of the protesters, said.  "You ​can ​be ​a ​Republican, ​stand ​firm ​with ​all ​those ​rights, ​but ​still ​disagree ​with ​what ​President ​Trump ​is ​doing."

Carruth stated that he is not opposed to celebrating the army's anniversary and supports anyone willing to defend freedom as veterans do.

"​I ​want ​us ​to ​continue ​to ​be ​a ​country ​that ​stands ​for ​free ​liberty ​and ​for ​the ​voice ​of ​the ​people ​rather ​than ​the ​voice ​of ​one ​man," Carruth said.

Carruth opposes the National Guard's involvement in Los Angeles and the deportation of legal residents. Some legal residents he knows personally were deported, according to Carruth.

"In ​Rexburg, ​we ​have ​a ​lot ​of ​immigrants ​because ​we ​have ​BYUI, which ​is ​a ​​university ​that ​claims ​that ​it is ​very ​inclusive ​and ​it's ​always ​inviting ​international ​students, but ​now ​we ​don't ​feel ​safe," Michelle Baumdarten, a BYUI student protesting, said. "​I'm ​an ​international ​student. We ​don't ​feel ​safe, ​and ​we ​feel ​personally ​attacked, ​and ​I ​feel ​like ​it's ​important ​to ​speak ​up ​for ​those ​who ​can't."

Protestors expressed that they hope the protests will increase unity in the U.S.

"Seeing ​all ​the ​overreach ​and ​how ​people ​are ​being ​affected ​and ​part ​of Trump's ​administration ​is ​disheartening​, and ​from ​claiming ​himself ​king ​in ​tweets ​and ​things ​like ​that," Rebekah Tiberend, a protester, said. "​It's ​just ​not ​what ​our ​democracy is, so ​I'm ​here ​to ​protest ​that, ​to ​bring ​back ​some ​normalcy ​to ​all ​kinds ​of ​people ​in ​the ​U.S."

The protest was not an officially recognized No Kings protest, according to the No Kings website's protest map, but the protestors shared similar sentiments as the national movement.